XMEN THE MAFIA - Day 3: Mafia Hit - Unwilling Sacrifice

The mutants wandered through the darkened tunnels beneath the city in a tight group. There were killers amongst them, as well as above, and keeping their treacherous kin close was the only way to ensure no one else went missing here in the darkness. The prospect of salvation – finding a working subway train – was at the forefront of everyone’s thoughts. If they could get on a train, maybe they could get so far away that the Sentinel’s wouldn’t even know where to begin looking, and then they could make their final escape in to Canada? Only time would tell, and time passes slowly when you are under ground.

After what seemed like hours of walked, they finally saw, cliché as it was, light at the end of the tunnel. As the approached the light, images sharpened at everyone realized that what they were coming up on was a more recently abandoned subway station. The lights were still on, it wasn’t too dirty, and, most importantly, there was an empty train parked at the platform.

After a quick scouting of the station, it was decided that no one had been here in weeks, and that it was safe to proceed. A few worried that the train might be a trap, but even if it was, what other choice did they have? They boarded it. One of the mutants knew how to pilot it, and took over the controls. The others started to relax a bit, as their spirits lifted. Escape was starting to seem like a realistic possibility.

The mutants dispersed amongst the cars, but not so much that anyone’s whereabouts were unknown, or was left alone. Two mutants stood together in the back, an uneasy air between them. Together they watched out the back window as the train started moving and the subway station faded away in to a solitary point of distant light. Toxotes wondered what this other mutant wanted from her, why he sought out her companionship all of a sudden. She didn’t like the aura that he gave off, and honestly, he scared her. Still, though, they were alone but other mutants were nearby. He wouldn’t try to hurt her now.

There was a commotion from the front of the car. Some voices were raised from some kind of petty argument, but they sounded angry, like there was about to be a fight. All the other mutants rushed forward to break it up, but when Toxotes started to walk back, the other mutant with her made his move. Before she could react, one of his legs interlaced with hers and twisted, tripping her and knocking her to the ground, with him landing hard on top of her. He was encased in metal, and weighed a ton. The blow knocked the wind out of her and probably cracked a few ribs. One of his metal-gloved hands covered her mouth and held her firm against the ground, as in his other hand materialized a very long, serrated, nasty-looking knife.

She struggled, but to no avail. When the knife finished forming, he plunged it deep in to her chest, piercing all the way through her body and through the metal floor of the train. The killer paused… Razor had driven many knives through many people, but it had never felt like that, before. He hadn’t pierced just flesh…. He stood up and backed away from his victim. Toxotoes, pinned to the ground, grinned up at him, then reached with both hands to where the knife had pierced through her. She grabbed the fabric of her shirt around the incision, and ripped it away. Now it was Razor’s turn to be terrified, as he beheld what it was that he had stabbed through with his knife: The crazy mutant was wired with a bomb. He stood petrified, completely clueless as to what to do. In his last moment, his eyes locked on to Toxotes, and she grinned at him again.

The explosion rocked the train, nearly derailing it. The mutants in the forward section were knocked to their feet and scattered about. At first, they thought it was some kind of sentinel attack, but nothing followed the initial blast. After a few wary moments, Quinn and Sabertooth led the rest of the mutants back through the train to the source of the blast. They discovered that the rearmost car had been blown completely away, no doubt leaving an impassable barrier behind them. A quick headcount showed that Razor and Toxotes were missing. Unsure what to make of these events, the mutants had no choice but to continue on, as the train sped deeper in to the tunnel and hopefully towards safety.

/ooc Verileah was the Super Secret Special Awesome Role. She was the Suicide Bomber and her role was to turn in a SKID every day. If she died, for any reason, then the person that she SKID’d died too. Enjoy :D